L'héritage au xixe siècle en France. Loi, intérêt de sentiment et intérêts économiques

Philippe Steiner

Revue économique, 2008, vol. 59, issue 1, 75-97

Abstract: The French egalitarian law of bequests is a social device for distributing wealth from one generation to the other. The law of bequest is the result of a political debate within the Conseil d?État in which political considerations (the new democratic social state) are of considerable importance. However, the law of bequests takes into account the affective (within the family) and the economic dimensions. Grounded on historical material related to the 19th Century, this paper examines what are these political, affective and economical dimensions and how they are inter related in the French context. Code JEL : A13, B12, Z13

JEL-codes: A13 B12 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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